Changes

*1800 100,000

*1900 775 000

Following the [[Battle of Kirkee]] 1817 and the defeat of the Peshwas, the Bhor Ghat road to [[Poona]] opened 1830, allowing greater access to the Deccan cotton fields. Railways much improved goods transport, the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR)opened in 1864. This allowed Bombay to fill the global demand for cotton resulting from shortages as a consequence of the American Civil War’s blockade of its southern ports(1860-1865). The opening of the Suez Canal 1869 further shortened the passage to England. The resultant economic boom saw wealthy businessmen sponsor many civic buildings – University Library Buildings, Jamsetji Jijibhoy (JJ) School of Art, and the Mechanics Institute. From the 1860‘s many municipal improvement schemes focused on improving health and sanitation.

==FIBIS Resources==

==Churches==

==Cemeteries==

*European Burial Ground, Queens Road

*Mavgav, Byculla, the oldest cemetery (Bene-Israel)

==Orphan Schools==

==Tertiary Education==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bombay_Yacht_Club Royal Bombay Yacht Club]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Gymkhana Bombay Gymkhana]

==External links==

*[http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/publications.html Maharashtra State Gazette 1986] A modern gazette of Bombay with a comprehensive history of the city taken from many historic records and books. Detailed yet very readible and covers many subjects.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai Mumbai] ''Wikipedia''.

*[http://housing.co.in/blog/2013/04/11/from-bombay-to-mumbai-in-pictures From Bombay to Mumbai – In Pictures]. ‘Then’ and ‘now’ photographs. April 11, 2013 housing.co.in

*[http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/entry/how-bombay-gave-india-its-weekend-breaks-and-holidays "How Bombay gave India its weekend breaks and holidays"] by Vikram Doctor January 14, 2013 ''The Economic Times''

*[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2013/01/forbes-and-company-one-of-the-oldest-businesses-in-the-world.html Forbes & Company - one of the oldest businesses in the world still in business] was established by a Scot in Bombay in 1767. British Library-Untold Lives 18 January 2013

*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120805/jsp/opinion/story_15808694.jsp#.UB3lPvYgcnA A Tale of Two Buildings - Bombay’s splendid edifices] by Malavika Karlekar Sunday, August 5, 2012 ''The Telegraph Calcutta''. The University of Bombay: University Hall opened in 1874 and the Rajabai Clock Tower completed in 1878

*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/bombay_1909.jpg Bombay 1909]

*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Bombay1924.jpg Bombay 1924]

====Historical Books Online====

*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-jNagGDT-PsC&pg=PA183 "Bombay"] ''A new account of the East Indies, Volume 1'', page 183 by Alexander Hamilton 1744 Google Books

*''The Bombay Miscellany'', a monthly magazine [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=b60IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 1, November 1860-April 1861], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZrQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 4, May to October 1862] Google Books

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